Bing Maps uses the Geonames geographical database as a component of its geocoding services. The geonames.org database contains over 8 million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features. Geonames integrates geographical data such as names of places in various languages, elevation, population and other information from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Geonames was founded by Marc Wick. Marc is a self-employed software engineer living in Switzerland. You can reach him at marc@geonames.org

Leading independent geographical information supplier, Collins Bartholomew has been in the business of map production for over 170 years and has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its products and for innovation in cartography. Specializing in the provision of medium- and small-scale mapping of Great Britain through to the world, the Collins Bartholomew range of products are widely used in publishing, on the internet and within custom built solutions.

Ordnance Survey is Great Britain's national mapping agency, providing the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data, relied on by government, business and individuals. Every day, OS makes an average of 5,000 updates to its central database reflecting new buildings and other natural and man-made changes. From its definitive mapping data OS produces and markets a wide range of digital information and paper maps both directly and through partners.

Everyone knows that NASA studies space; fewer people know that NASA also studies Earth. In celebration of the deployment of its Earth Observing System, NASA is pleased to share the newest in its series of stunning Earth images, affectionately named the "Blue Marble" with Bing Maps. This new Earth imagery enhances the Blue Marble legacy by providing a detailed look at an entire year in the life of our planet. In sharing these Blue Marble images, NASA hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space. To learn more about the development of NASA's imagery of the Earth as a whole, read the History of the Blue Marble on the Earth Observatory website.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides Bing Maps with high resolution ortho-imagery of the United States. Bing Maps hosts two USGS imagery products, Urban Area and Digital Ortho Quadrangle (DOQ), which have been stitched into a seamless mosaic.

The Urban Area data is high-resolution 1 foot to 2 foot per pixel natural color imagery of a number of major cities. The Urban Area data-set was produced in cooperation with the National Geospatial Agency (NGA) program that began in 2002.

The DOQ data is high-resolution 1 meter per pixel grayscale imagery (black and white) that covers 96 percent of the conterminous United States (48 states not including Alaska and Hawaii).

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With over 20 years of experience in acquiring, validating, enhancing & distributing databases Indiacom is the preferred content partner to various well known online properties and suppliers of Business listings and prospecting databases to numerous marketing organizations. Indiacom also acquires geo-navigational data such as geo-codes (lat/long) pertaining to the listings in its database and has carried out projects on road-asset and road-furniture survey’s, for navigation companies as well.

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